Tasmanian state election, 1919

31 May 1919

All 30 seats to the House of Assembly

	First party	Second party

Leader	Walter Lee	Joseph Lyons
Party	Nationalist	Labor
Leader since	September 1915	November 1916
Leader's seat	Wilmot	Wilmot
Last election	15 seats	14 seats
Seats won	16 seats	13 seats
Seat change	1	1
Percentage	55.20%	41.44%
Swing	6.97	7.03

Premier before election

Walter Lee
Nationalist

Elected Premier

Walter Lee
Nationalist

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 31 May 1919.

Background

By the time of the 1919 election, the Liberal Party had regrouped and been renamed as the Nationalist Party. The Premier of Tasmania, Walter Lee, had led the party for a relatively untroubled three years, despite the Liberals' one-seat majority over Labor and the uncertainty of World War I.^[1]

The leader of the Labor Party in Tasmania going into the 1919 election was Joseph Lyons.

Results

Tasmanian state election, 31 May 1919 House of Assembly << 1916 — 1922 >>
Enrolled voters		107,541
Votes cast		71,064		Turnout	66.08%	–7.52%
Informal votes		2,814		Informal	3.96%	-1.70%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Nationalist	37,677	55.20%	+6.97%	16	+ 1
	Labor	28,286	41.44%	–7.03%	13	– 1
	Independent	2,289	3.35%	+0.05%	1	± 0
Total		68,250			30

Distribution of Seats

Electorate	Seats won
Bass
Darwin
Denison
Franklin
Wilmot

	Labor
	Nationalist
	Independent

Aftermath

Lee led the Nationalist Party to victory, with a 14% margin over Labor, although they only won 16 of the 30 seats in the House of Assembly. Independent Joshua Whitsitt retained his seat in the Division of Darwin.

References

↑ Scott Bennett, Lee, Sir Walter Henry (1874 - 1963), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 52-53.

External links

Assembly Election Results, 1919, Parliament of Tasmania.
Report on General Election, 1916, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 29 October 1919.

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